Can Occurrence and Distribution of Ground Beetles (Carabidae) Be Influenced by the Coffee Farming System in the Mount Elgon Region of Uganda?
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DOI: 10.1007/s13744-021-00872-4
Abstract: The Mount Elgon region of Uganda has coffee farmlands distributed along the slopes of the mountain, in a mosaic of differing crop combinations, and semi-natural vegetation. Thus, there are parcels of varying microclimate that create… read more here.
Keywords: system; elgon region; occurrence; mount elgon ... See more keywords
‘We are our land’—Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya: securing community tenure as the key enabling condition for sustaining community lands
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DOI: 10.1017/s003060532300008x
Abstract: Abstract We outline how securing the community tenure rights of forest peoples can create a rapid, rights-based route to the effective and sustainable conservation of their forests. We draw on the different skillsets and experiences… read more here.
Keywords: community; tenure; mount elgon; securing community ... See more keywords
Peponium elgonense (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Mount Elgon in Kenya
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.443.2.6
Abstract: Peponium elgonense, a new species of Cucurbitaceae from Mount Elgon in Kenya, is described and illustrated here with photographs. This species is similar to P. cienkowskii and P. vogelii, but differs by being monoecious and… read more here.
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Climate change perceptions and adaptation by Sebei pastoralists in Mount Elgon, Uganda: a qualitative survey
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-024-00743-3
Abstract: Pastoralists’ sedentarisation and agriculturalisation might increase their vulnerability to climate change impacts, but few studies have investigated if this is the case in mountain areas. In Uganda, little is known about how Sebei pastoralists have… read more here.
Keywords: sebei pastoralists; mount elgon; climate change; adaptation ... See more keywords